Ernest Fruitosio Bel
Born: November 7, 1880
Place of Birth: Orange, Texas
Died:  December 14, 1918
Place of Death: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Cemetery:  Orange Grove and Graceland Cemetery

Parents:

Spouse:

  • Floy Augusta Moss
Married:
April 20, 1904 in Lake Charles, Louisiana

Children:

ERNEST BEL.—The son of J. A. Bel, millionaire lumberman and financier of Lake Charles, La., Ernest Bel, died Sunday morning, Dec. 15, after several days’ illness, the direct cause of death being pneumonia, which followed a severe attack of in fluenza. Ernest Bel was 38 years old and his active life has been spent mostly in the vicinity of Lake Charles. He was born at Orange, Texas, his parents moving to Louisiana while he was a. child. After completing his education he entered the field in which his father had been so successful, and for many years was manager of the big mill at Moeling, on the Missouri Pacific Railway. For several years he had been in charge of the logging department of the J. A. Bel Lumber Co. of Lake Charles. A widow and three children survive him.